Emma Ritoók | |
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![]() Ritoók in 1915 | |
Born |
Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary | 15 July 1868
Died | 3 April 1945
Budapest, Hungary | (aged 76)
Nationality | Hungarian |
Other names | Ritoók Emma |
Occupation | Poet • Critic • Philosopher. |
Emma Ritoók or Ritoók Emma (15 July 1868 – 3 April 1945) was a poet, critic and philosopher.
Emman Ritoók was born in Nagyvárad in what was then Austria-Hungary, and is now Oradea in Romania. Ritoók studied in Budapest, Leipzig and Paris and in 1906 she obtained a doctorate in philology. She was a librarian at the Capital Library. In 1897 she won a science competition prize ( A természettudományi irány a szépirodalomban The natural science trend in fiction) of the Szigligeti Társaság of Nagyvárad. In 1905 she distinguished herself with her winning novel Egyenes úton - egyedül . She translated from Scandinavian writers Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Knut Hamsun. She was a member of the Budapest philosophical discussion group " Sunday Circle". [1]
She died in Budapest, Hungary in 1945.
Emma Ritoók | |
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![]() Ritoók in 1915 | |
Born |
Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary | 15 July 1868
Died | 3 April 1945
Budapest, Hungary | (aged 76)
Nationality | Hungarian |
Other names | Ritoók Emma |
Occupation | Poet • Critic • Philosopher. |
Emma Ritoók or Ritoók Emma (15 July 1868 – 3 April 1945) was a poet, critic and philosopher.
Emman Ritoók was born in Nagyvárad in what was then Austria-Hungary, and is now Oradea in Romania. Ritoók studied in Budapest, Leipzig and Paris and in 1906 she obtained a doctorate in philology. She was a librarian at the Capital Library. In 1897 she won a science competition prize ( A természettudományi irány a szépirodalomban The natural science trend in fiction) of the Szigligeti Társaság of Nagyvárad. In 1905 she distinguished herself with her winning novel Egyenes úton - egyedül . She translated from Scandinavian writers Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Knut Hamsun. She was a member of the Budapest philosophical discussion group " Sunday Circle". [1]
She died in Budapest, Hungary in 1945.